Round Table "Water Scarcity in Africa" in Berlin

23.11.2010

Round Table "Water Scarcity in Africa"

The topic was 'Water Scarcity in Africa'. The Africa commissioner of the Chancelor Günther Nooke, 13 Ambassadors of African Countries, parliamentarians and representatives from science and development cooperation accepted the invitation.

The Round Table is to create a network and an exchange on this topic. There is already an agreement of further cooperation.

It was pointed out durin g the meeting that reliable meteorologic and hydrologic data must be collected. The climate change is not yet documented sufficiently. Countries which are already suffering under water shortage are most affected.